Some New Seed Available For First Time Recommendations concerning crop varieties for spring planting were published this week by County Agent E. F. Striplin. Varieties recommended are good far all counties in this area and for any south of the James River, he pointed out. They have been chosen from recommendation prepared by the Agronomy De partment of VPI. For the most part varieties re commended have appeared on past lists. There are several changes of some importance, how ever. As noted by the agent these are: Two new dark fired tobacco varieties. Hastings and Walker's Bread Leaf. There is seed avail able on both: flue cured tobacco varieties, for the first time, are recommended according to con ditions existing on a particular farm. i. e. for farms not infest ed with black shank: for those on farms so infested: for use with severe mosaic, etc. The agent also noted .the ad dition of Williamsburg variety of alfalfa, and added that seed is now available. Also, that a new variety is available in soybeans for oil purposes, and that several new varieties of yellow and white corn hybrids are listed and seed avail able. The complete list follows as published by the agent: Alalfa—Kansas Common. Okla homa Common. Buffalo, ‘bacter ial wilt resistant'. Atlantic and Williamsburg. Red Clover--Certified Virginia Adapted. Certified Kenland and Virginia Adapted. Grain Sorghums - Plainsman and Martin's Combine Orchard Grass — Domestic or Virginia Grown. Soybeans — oil. Ogden. S-100. Dorman. Small grains: winter oats. Ar lington. Atlantic. I-ee Cold Proof and Foredeer; spring oats, An drew and Clinton. Flue-cured tobacco: for use on farms not infested with black shank or Granville wilt — Vir ginia Gold. Yellow Special A. N. C. 402. Hicks and Golden Har vest: for use on black shank in fested farms 'where two or three year rotation can be followed Vesta 5 and Dixie Bright 101: and on black shank infested farms where tobacco must be grown on the same land each year. Vesta 30 or Dixie Bright 102: for use on farms with severe mosaic—Vamorr 50. Burley tobacco. Ky 16 and Ky 41 A. both rcot rot resistant Sun-curcd tobacco, Little Ori noco. Dark fired tobacco. Lizzard Tail Orinoco. Brown Leaf. West Ky. N . 2. Hastings and Walker's Broad Leaf. Corn Hybrids: full season, yel low C. S. 262 or 262A Funks 0704, Funks G136. Woods V51: white — Indiana 909A. Pi neer 510: Southern States 903W. Woods 125W medium early - yellow. VPI 645. US 505. Pioneer 332: early- -yellow. Pioneer 303. and silage. US 262 or 2B2A, US 578 and NC 1032

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